Chapter 319: The Evil Wizard Emperor Appears

Someone began recalling the series of strange events that befell Zhang Cheng after his sect was wiped out at the Water Mirror Immortal Academy, and the more they thought, the more they felt Xue Jin's words were true.

Seeing Xue Jin finish his words, he strained to break free from Zhang Cheng's entanglement, then prepared to mobilize his inner spiritual power to destroy the puppet.

Seeing this, Zhang Cheng instantly fell into a frenzied state, recklessly trying to seize back the puppet.

But soon, his attempt was blocked by several others present.

Xue Jin gathered his spiritual power in his palm, then thrust a fierce strike at the puppet.

A 'bang' sound rang out.

To everyone's astonishment, the puppet that looked fragile remained completely unharmed!

"This is absolutely an evil thing!" someone in the crowd shouted, pointing at the puppet in panic.

"Could it be that the Water Mirror Immortal Academy's tragic extermination was the work of this evil lurking in the shadows?"

"In that case, Zhang Cheng's mind must already be under the control of that evil thing!"

Opinions diverged.

Meanwhile, the puppet, carved only with a torso and limbs, fell to the ground and showed no reaction.

At that moment, as everyone was doubtful, Zhang Cheng bit the people blocking him, then rushed toward the evil puppet, picked it up from the ground, and cradled it like a treasure.

He wanted to flee with the puppet.

"We can't let him leave!" someone exclaimed quickly.

In an instant, almost everyone moved to block Zhang Cheng's path!

Zhang Cheng grew increasingly agitated, baring his teeth at the crowd, his eyes flashing an abnormal crimson.

He clutched the puppet tightly.

"Zhang Cheng, hand over the puppet quickly!"

"That evil thing will erode your mind and turn you into a puppet!"

Everyone spoke up, urging him.

The youth from the Earth Spirit Immortal Academy, seeing this, also didn't know what to do!

At this moment, Zhang Cheng felt the surroundings extremely noisy; their voices struck his mind like tolling bells, over and over.

Gradually, his consciousness became utterly confused.

Next, his entire bearing underwent a change.

Everyone also noticed this; their expressions shifted slightly, and the first thought that arose was that the evil thing had already taken control of Zhang Cheng's mind.

"Zhang Cheng..."

Just as someone spoke, they suddenly sensed an extremely dangerous aura, and their pupils contracted sharply.

At the critical moment, Ying Wuji flashed aside, raised his sword, and blocked the invisible silk threads.

A 'clang' sounded.

Everyone present turned pale with shock.

"This..."

"Puppet silk threads." Xiao Lingwei narrowed her eyes, drew a long whip from her waist, coldly fixed her gaze on Zhang Cheng, and demanded, "Who exactly are you?"

Zhang Cheng suddenly revealed a smile unbefitting a child, his whole being exuding an extreme eeriness; without answering, he raised a hand, and the puppets hidden throughout the Water Mirror Immortal Academy trembled, then opened their mouths like humans to spew countless threads that enveloped the academy's interior, intertwining to form a dense net like a spider's web.

"Not good, defend quickly!" someone cried out.

In an instant, everyone swiftly raised their weapons to defend!

Meanwhile, Xiao Lingwei swung her whip, directly breaking the puppet's silk lines, and headed toward Zhang Cheng.

But Zhang Cheng had no intention of fighting her; he kept retreating, letting those invisible puppet threads deal with Xiao Lingwei.

At that moment, Zhang Cheng seemed to sense something; he turned his head and saw Wang San, who had just fallen to the ground, now standing up, also smiling eerily: "You are indeed the true culprit!"

"Wang San is already dead; who are you?" Zhang Cheng narrowed his eyes.

"Wang San" smiled and said: "I am the fake Wang San, the true Overlord Heaven!"

Having said that, "Wang San"'s visage began to change, and soon a refined, handsome face materialized.

This person was none other than Cang Li.

Zhang Cheng gave a cold snort: "You set a trap to catch me?"

"That's right, you guessed correctly." Cang Li summoned a crimson spear in his hand, thrust it to break the incoming puppet threads, then raised his brows and said: "After all, no one would believe you're the culprit unless you reveal yourself. You are not the real Zhang Cheng; where is the real Zhang Cheng?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Cheng revealed a chilling smile: "Do you think you can still leave this place alive?"

As his words fell, the scattered lights throughout the Water Mirror Immortal Academy all went out; immediately, a chilling wind blew, the cold piercing to the bone.

Everyone present sensed that something was amiss.

Next, an unforgettable scene appeared before them.

Green shadows burst from beneath the ground, frenziedly lunging to attack everyone.

Seeing this, Cang Li's expression shifted slightly.

Zhang Cheng's voice reached everyone's ears: "These are the souls of all the people of the Water Mirror Immortal Academy, which I have refined into evil spirits. If you kill these evil spirits, they will be utterly annihilated, losing even the chance of reincarnation. You, the righteous sects, would you, for your own sake, ruthlessly cause souls to vanish?"

His voice still carried a child's tender tone, yet at this moment it sounded chilling to the bone.

Everyone stared solemnly at the green evil spirits baring fangs and claws.

They exerted all effort to defend against the attacks, yet when striking back, the thought that these evil spirits were the last souls of the Water Mirror Immortal Academy made them hesitate.

Thus, they gradually fell into a disadvantage, their wounds growing ever more severe.

They could not see the puppet threads at all, relying only on mental power to sense their positions.

When their blood spilled onto the ground, the evil spirits' power seemed to grow stronger, their assault becoming fiercer.

"If this continues, we will surely die here!" Many realized Zhang Cheng was using them as sacrifices to boost the evil spirits' power.

Xiao Lingwei, Cang Li, Xue Jin, and Ying Wuji exchanged glances.

They four headed toward Zhang Cheng's direction.

Zhang Cheng sensed their intention, coldly laughing repeatedly: "You also greatly underestimate me, the Demonic Sorcerer Emperor!"

Demonic Sorcerer Emperor?!

Xiao Lingwei and the others were startled.

They had naturally heard of the Demonic Sorcerer Emperor, a figure who existed over four hundred years ago; he was an evil cultivator, known as the Demonic Sorcerer Emperor, and a small portion of the evil arts and techniques passed down today originates from his hand.

The Demonic Sorcerer Emperor, in order to break through his cultivation, actually directly captured ten thousand cultivators to refine them.

Such conduct finally provoked the righteous sects of the cultivation world; they each sent out forces, joining together to slay the Demonic Sorcerer Emperor under the sword.

"The Demonic Sorcerer Emperor isn't already dead?!" Cang Li exclaimed in shock.

Ying Wuji's eyes sank, "You intend to seize Zhang Cheng's body!"

Cang Li also realized, saying: "As it turns out, you used Zhang Cheng's hand to exterminate the entire Water Mirror Immortal Academy, and then refined their souls!"

At this moment, Zhang Cheng, who is the Demonic Sorcerer Emperor, did not deny their words, and went along with them, saying: "You too will become one of this emperor's evil spirits."